Polo mogul John Goodman’s lawyers want a new trial for their client, who was sentenced for DUI manslaughter, failure to render aid, and vehicular homicide after he ran a stop sign and killed 23-year-old Scott Wilson. The reason the lawyers are seeking a new trial: One of the jurors apparently…
The Miami Heat’s epic run at the all-time NBA winning streak came to an end in Chicago on Wednesday night.And while the HATERZ and media and other various forms of troglodytic internet dwellers are celebrating a regular-season loss that is essentially as meaningless as their lives today, Heat fans are…
Apparently Lake County Sheriff’s deputies wanted to help victims of sexual assault and domestic violence by handing out fliers and pamphlets with an 800 number to call in case they needed to talk to someone. And that someone apparently is America’s hottest sex-talk hotline! “Welcome to America’s hottest talk line,”…
Update: Police reportedly have a suspect in custody. They have not yet released the suspect’s name, but say he has a long criminal history.It’s one thing to wake up to the sound of gunshots in the wee hours of the morning. Quite another to have to walk outside and wait…
Last night, the Chicago Bulls finally got revenge for the 1996 game in which a depleted Miami Heat team beat Michael Jordan’s 72-win team 113-104 by ending the 2013 Heat’s chase for the all-time NBA winning streak. With no Derrick Rose or Joakim Noah, the short-handed Bulls came out swinging…
Over in Tallahassee, your state legislators are hard at work deciding whether your bongs and glass pieces should be deemed illegal. As we told you earlier this year, House Bill 49 would basically ban the sale of bongs in the state. Much like fireworks, you’d have to cross state lines…
Everybody has that neighbor (OK, some of you are that neighbor) whose heart bleeds for all the stray cats in the hood. Cat Lady or Cat Dude leaves paper bowls full of Meow Mix all over the sidewalks, and the scraggly, fiercely independent kitties go tomcatting all over town.You might…
It was a genial gathering. No punches thrown. No heavy drinking. Much gray hair. Hundreds of past and present Herald reporters, editors, and other folks gathered at last week’s goodbye gala to 1 Herald Plaza. In May, the paper is moving its operations to Doral. There were speeches by former…
The bulldozers arrive at dawn on a Sunday. In the inky twilight of this crisp January morning, several bearded men creak open a barbed-wire gate to grant entry to the three Caterpillar machines. For a short while, the men contemplate the darkened and crumbling building among the olive trees. East…
Earlier in the day, we told you about how NFL.com might have accidentally leaked the new Miami Dolphins logo. The website eventually removed the logo and replaced it with the old one. But, then on Wednesday afternoon, a seemingly befuddled Dolphins CEO Mike Dee confirmed that, yes, the logo that…
The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, Jim Greer, was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison, plus a year’s probation for stealing from the Republican Party. See also: – Jim Greer: Racism and Dead Bodies Ahead – Jim Greer Lied to Everyone: to Us, to You, to…
South Broward High School teacher Michael James Lunt was arrested for allegedly having sex with one his female students back in December, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Lunt reportedly turned himself in Tuesday night at the Broward Sheriff’s Main Jail.The relationship appears to have been consensual.However, the student…
It turns out that the large schools of sharks that have invaded our beaches lately are more than just looking for food in the shallows of Palm Beach, Midtown Beach and Boca Raton beaches. Turns out, they’re crime-fighting sharks! See also: – Sharks Force Beach Closings in Palm Beach County…
Turns out the brand-spanking-new Miami Dolphins logo that was supposedly leaked back on March 18 — this one — isn’t the actual brand-spanking-new Miami Dolphins logo. However, another logo was leaked after that — this one — and now that one appears to be the actual logo thanks to NFL.com…
Anthony Caravella spent 9,389 days in prison after he was convicted of the rape and murder of a Miramar woman. The jury in his civil lawsuit decided two of the four arresting officers are liable for framing Caravella who, they say, as a mentally challenged 15-year-old, was coerced into falsely…
For Dennis Rodman, there’s only location on this green planet that could possibly follow up North Korea, the Vatican, and New York City — and that’s Bulgaria. After a few quiet days with his daughter in South Florida, his spokesperson said, he’s landed in Bulgaria and will take the rest…
Although a lot of people want to paint high school athletic organizations as finger-waving, rule nerds who get their kicks from tossing out the eligibility of teenagers, let’s be honest: They’re about the only thing that separates the prep level from becoming an open meat market like… well, the NCAA…
Good news, everyone! Gov. Rick Scott says he’s super-disappointed in Florida Atlantic University having a professor who had a “step on Jesus” exercise in his class that may or may not have gotten a student suspended. See also: – FAU Student Suspended for Not Stepping on Jesus – FAU Apologizes…
Apparently JCPenny department stores don’t pay enough to afford cars, because a woman who worked for them had to rob their jewelry to pay for her repossessed car. According to Boynton Beach police, 25-year-old Chelsey Adele Edwards stole thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry from the JCPenney department store she…
In case you haven’t noticed, the weather’s been kinda nutty lately. It’s hot, it’s cold, it’s hot, it’s cold again. OMG Florida is going through menopause! Well, it was a bit brisk this morning, and yes, you had your fun taunting your Northeastern friends with the fact that you find…
Walmart wants to spread its awfulness Walmartness on a seven-acre site on the southwest corner of Andrews Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, according to a Miami Herald report. So now those who live in Fort Lauderdale won’t have to travel to Miami anymore when they need to buy…
Florida has come a long way in the past few years when it comes to gay marriage and marriage equality. According to the latest Public Policy Poll, a whopping 75 percent of Florida voters support gay marriage. This is a seismic shift from not long ago, when the majority of…
